netdev - Re: [net v4 07/10] ch_ktls: packet handling prior to start marker

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Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 12:51:47 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Rohit Maheshwari <rohitm@...lsio.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, secdev@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [net v4 07/10] ch_ktls: packet handling prior to start marker

On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:32:22 +0530 Rohit Maheshwari wrote:
> There could be a case where ACK for tls exchanges prior to start
> marker is missed out, and by the time tls is offloaded. This pkt
> should not be discarded and handled carefully. It could be
> plaintext alone or plaintext + finish as well.

By plaintext + finish you mean the start of offload falls in the middle
of a TCP skb? That should never happen. We force EOR when we turn on
TLS, so you should never see a TCP skb that needs to be half-encrypted.